Radical Party of France

The Radical Party is a liberal political party in France, founded as the Republican, Radical, and Radical-Socialist Party on 23 June 1901. The party originated as a far-left and socialist party, only to become a centrist party after a split with the French Section of the Workers' International. Georges Clemenceau led the party during World War I, and he led a centrist incarnation of the Radicals. In 1972, the left wing formed the Radical Party of the Left, and the Radicals lost power. In 2016, they held only 6 out of 577 National Assembly seats and 6 out of 348 Senate seats.